He looked down at his watch. It read 5:30. It was early on Sunday morning, and the sky was purple and the stars were slowly disappearing. As he rounded the block, the Foreman and Pinciotti houses were in clear view. He shifted the El Camino into neutral and slid into the driveway behind Eric's Vista Cruiser. This was the only way he could get into the house without being heard. He put his keys into his jean pockets and opened the sliding glass door so quietly you could have heard a pin drop. He had become a black belt in sneaking in and out. He walked up the stairs and into Eric's bedroom. He noticed the G.I. Joe's resting on the backboard. He rolled his eyes and wondered why Donna would ever date him or marry him for that matter. Eric, who was snoring, never heard him enter the room. He walked over to the bed and tried to wake him.
" Foreman," he whispered while shaking Eric's wiry body " man, wake up. Foreman. Come on, wake up."
" Donna, leave me alone. Go back to sleep." Eric replied drowsily.
He chuckled " Foreman, wake up."
" No, Donna. Go back to sleep."
" Eric, wake up,"
He thought a minute
" Get downstairs and clean out the gutters, Dumbass!" he yelled impersonating Red.
Eric immediately sprang up " Dad!" he answered with his voice cracking.
Hyde smirked.
" What are you doing up," he looked at his clothes " where the hell have you been?"
" Don't ask." Hyde replied.
" You've been smoking up at the street corners downtown again haven't you?" Eric inquired.
" No, Foreman. I'm going to hell."
" See you there. Seriously, where have you been all night?"
" Sex is evil, man!"
Eric gave him a curious look. " Hyde, old buddy, old pal, I've heard you say many crazy things in my day, but this has to be the pick of the litter."
" I'm serious. Sex was created by some horny, Government spawn who wanted to ruin people's lives', man. It's the ultimate conspiracy!"
Eric laughed " What happened?"
Hyde bowed in silence.
" With whom did you sleep with?" he asked
" If I said Cat, would you leave me alone?"
" See, if that was the case, you wouldn't be coming into my room at a quarter 'til six in the morning whining about sex being a tool created by the Government now would you?"
" Smart-ass." Hyde said dryly.
Eric flipped him the bird
" Twins. I win." Hyde said mimicking his action with two fingers.
Eric gave his best friend an icy glare "Now, are you or are you not going to tell me?"
" Jackie." he muttered almost inaudibly.
" Really, Hyde, I'm your best friend. You can tell me."
" I just told you, Moron! Jackie!" he yelled loudly.
" Shhhh. You wanna wake up Mom and Red? Did I just here you say Jackie?"
" Yes." he said quietly bowing his head once again.
" Are you nuts? You cheated on your girlfriend with your ex-girlfriend in which you broke up with because...um, wait a minute...You Cheated!" Eric harangued
Hyde gave an obnoxious giggle " It's pretty funny once you think about it, don't you think?"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Jackie walked upstairs into her room that she shared with Donna. Donna was still sleeping soundly. Luckily, Bob and Joanne were on some couples mountain retreat, and she didn't have to sneak into the house. She only had to keep from waking her friend. Unfortunately, she tripped over the alarm clock cord causing it to fall from the night stand and wake Donna.
" Who set the clock? It's Sunday," Donna squealed opening her eyes " Jackie, is that you?"
" Yeah, it's me." the brunette replied rummaging through her dresser drawers for pajamas.
Donna looked at the clock on the floor and then back at a fully, clothed Jackie. " Where the hell have you been?"
" Nowhere." she answered flatly.
" Uh-huh." Donna said sarcastically.
" I haven't!"
Jackie decided that feigning innocense would be her best option.
" Why are you dressed in the exact same clothes you had on yesterday?"
" I haven't slept."
" That's obvious. You're make-up's smeared, you're hair is tousled, you're glistening, and plus, you're in way too good of a mood from what happened last night,"
Donna thought a minute
" You had sex!"
" Donna, you know me. I'm Sandra D."
The red-head huffed.
" Look at me I'm Sandra D. Flouncing with virginity," Jackie sang and then held up her ring finger in the air " won't go to bed 'til I'm legally wed. I won't. I'm Sandra D."
" Yeah, if you're Sandy, then I must be Rizzo."
" Eric is nothing like Kinicki."
" Then, who's your Danny Zucco? Hyde." she said
Jackie looked at her clogs trying not to meet Donna's glare.
" You slept with Hyde!"
All she could do was squint and nod vehemently.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After his long conversation with Eric, Hyde walked down to his room in the basement. His watch, once again, read 7:30. He was ready to sleep. He took of his jeans and climbed into bed. He closed his eyes and attempted to go to sleep. A few minutes later, he felt a warm body crawl under the covers. He rolled over to see his blonde girlfriend smiling back at him. Great, he thought, karma has come back to bite me in the ass.
" Hey, hot stuff." he replied
" Hey." she climbed out of bed.
Hyde gave her the once over noticing she was in a dress and knee-length boots.
" It's Sunday. Why on earth would you be dressed up?"
" Church," Cat stated simply.
His smile quickly faded to a frown.
" Mrs. Foreman asked if we would go with her to church. I agreed."
" Are you serious? You don't think I'm going to find religion, do you?"
" No, I just thought you could do something nice for the woman who practically raised and loves you." she explained logically.
" Okay, but if Pastor Dave comes near me, I'm getting the hell out of that church."
" Steven, don't say hell and church in the same sentence. It's got to be a bad omen or something."
" You called me Steven." he said.
" Yeah, so?"
" Don't." he chastened
" But Jack.."
He interrupted her " Just don't."
" Sorry. I didn't know you were so touchy about it."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The drove up in the parking lot of the church to see Kitty and a bunch of others talking to the Preacher. The hopped out of the El Camino and walked over.
" Cat, I can't believe you convinced him to come!" Kitty exclaimed
" Yeah, it's the Lord's work." Cat replied with a fake smile.
The other church goers, including Kitty, seemed impressed. Hyde just rolled his eyes and glared at her. She smirked at him.
" How wonderful! Well, you can go to Pastor Dave's class instead of the usual service. He holds it for teenagers." informed the old man.
" Great. I'm so excited." said Hyde sarcastically.
Cat glared at him.
" Well, I'm so glad you want to go!" the preacher commented.
" That was sarcasm." Hyde stated bluntly.
" Let's go, Hyde." Cat said pushing him away and giving them a toothy grin.
They walked into the main building and found their way to the large classroom. Pastor Dave and the goody, two shoes teenagers chatting while waiting for class to begin.
" Oh my God. I think I'm gonna hurl." she whispered into his ear.
" Can I go first?" he whispered back.
" Well, now," said Pastor Dave " It's Steven, right? I haven't seen you since God's Magic Circle bake sale. Who's your friend?"
" Just Hyde, and this is my girlfriend Cat.'
" Well, Hyde and Cat take a seat. We're about to start our lesson." Dave announced.
Hyde leaned into her ear " Shoot me, now."
She chuckled and he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
" Today, we're are going to hear about Paul's letter to the Galatians. They were wicked people who were worshiping other gods. The biggest problem was sexual immorality or sex out of marriage. Many men even cheated on their wives with prostitutes or harlots."
Hyde sank into his seat. Karma, Karma, Karma. He felt his knees go weak. They had done that a lot lately. Even in church, Jackie was out to get him.
" Is something wrong?" asked Pastor Dave
" Nope. Just tired."
That wasn't a lie. He was tired. Only he was tired because he got two hours of sleep because he had slept with Jackie last night. He wasn't proud of it, but it felt great!
" You know that Galatians kinda sounds like a Blue Oyster Cult song ,doesn't it kids." Dave said naively.
" Yeah, and 'Don't Fear The Reaper' sounds like a hymn." Cat said sarcastically.
Maybe I really should fear the reaper, Hyde thought.
Dave continued " Fornication and debauchery was a problem in Paul's day. I hope the rest of you don't commit these sins."
" I hate church." Hyde muttered to himself.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hyde walked into the basement after taking Cat home. He laid down on the couch and began to stare at the cracks in the ceiling. This guilt was driving him crazy. He really liked Cat. They were great together, but there was something about Jackie. Maybe it was her dark-brown hair or her brown pools she calls eyes. Maybe it's the way she carried herself or the way she talked too much. She talked *way* too much, but the thing was he found himself listening to her analytical gossip or psycho babble about hair care products or how a skirt mad her look fat. He even listened to how she hated styling wands, never wore white after Labor Day, or wore clogs because they were so much more practical that stacks. It was driving him completely insane. He didn't even date the girl anymore, but here voice was always there. She was like his stalker. Eric was right. She is like the spawn of the devil. He heard a light tromp down the stairs.
" Hi." she said cooly.
" Hi." he responded.
" I have this tremendous amount of guilt on me right now because I feel like some cheap whore, but something inside of me wants to walk over to the couch and do ungodly things to you." Jackie replied bluntly.
" And hear I thought we took care of that last night."
She giggled in frustrated. " Listen here buddy! Let me just say what I came here to say. I forgive you for everything. Especially for cheating on me. I know you have a girlfriend. I've thought about it a lot, and I've come to this conclusion: Do you love me? Simple question with a yes or no answer."
He smiled. " Jacks, I've thought about it too, and I do. But.."
" But what?" she asked.
" I don't want to hurt Cat. I don't really know what to do, but keep this in mind."
He got up and kissed her with every power of his being. In the midst of their kiss, Cat walked down the stairs because she had forgotten her sweater. It was her favorite sweater and decided she couldn't live a day without it. Little did she know.
....She saw them.
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This one came just as hard as the last one. I wanted to write a Jackie Hyde guilt chapter, but have more conflict at the same time. It was hard, but I managed to find a happy medium. I mean, what is more hilarious than Hyde getting his toes stepped on in church? Plus, we all know he hates the idea of church. I also so like Jackie giving Hyde the ultimatum. The beginning with Hyde and Jackie sneaking in was just for laughs and so I can have Eric and Donna, the best friends, find out about their secret. Next chapter: I'll give you Cat rage, nookie, stupid Kelso and Fez stuff, Red saying everyone's a dumbass, and Kitty's cute but repugnant laugh! Thanx to all of you for supporting my little story. Same Time. Same Bad Channel. Peace and Love!